This review gives a pedagogical introduction to the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis
(ETH), its basis, and its implications to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics. In the first …

The quantum measurement problem, to wit, understanding why a unique outcome is
obtained in each individual experiment, is currently tackled by solving models. After an …

Thermodynamics is traditionally concerned with systems comprised of a large number of
particles. Here we present a framework for extending thermodynamics to individual quantum …

Work and quantum correlations are two fundamental resources in thermodynamics and
quantum information theory. In this work, we study how to use correlations among quantum …

We consider reversible work extraction from identical quantum systems. From an ensemble
of individually passive states, work can be produced only via global unitary (and thus …

We show that it is possible to have nonzero ergotropy in the steady states of an open
quantum system consisting of qubits that are collectively coupled to a thermal bath at a finite …

A system in thermal equilibrium with a bath will generally be in an athermal state, if the
system-bath coupling is strong. In some cases, it will be possible to extract work from that …

Passivity is a fundamental concept in thermodynamics that demands a quantum system's
energy cannot be lowered by any reversible, unitary process acting on the system. In the …

We consider a recently proposed four-level quantum heat engine (QHE) model to analyze
the role of quantum coherences in determining the thermodynamic properties of the engine …

We study dynamic cooling, where an externally driven two-level system is cooled via
reservoir, a quantum system with initial canonical equilibrium state. We obtain explicitly the …